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The two occupants in the other car sustained non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
Two people died after a two-vehicle collision on Route 6 near the Westport-Dartmouth town line on Friday evening, authorities announced.
The crash occurred around 7:35 p.m. Friday and involved a Toyota Camry sedan and Saab sedan, the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn said in a press release Saturday.
Quinn’s office identified the victims as Tristan Bedient, 34, of Acushnet, and Kate Aldrich, 51, of New Bedford.
Bedient was driving the Camry, with Aldrich as a passenger. Their vehicle sustained “catastrophic damage” during the collision, Quinn said.
Following the crash, both Bedient and Aldrich were taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead, the district attorney said.
The Saab sedan carried two occupants who suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, Quinn’s office said.
Authorities said the investigation into the crash remains active and is being handled by the Massachusetts State Police, Dartmouth Police, and Westport Police, in conjunction with state police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office.
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